The operator of the Tiger Ranch cat shelter today was ordered to stand trial on animal abuse charges stemming from a raid on her Frazer farm.

Linda Bruno, 45, is accused of keeping hundreds of cats at the sanctuary, many of them sick and dying.

District Judge Suzanne Blaschak made the ruling in the third day of a preliminary hearing held at the Allegheny County Courthouse because of public interest in the case.

About 50 people were in the courtroom for the hearing today.